A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
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@meltedcheese @mjd when called upon for tech support I carry a Leatherman, full set o' bits and the hope that this time I'll get to actually see the problem. rarely do.
oddly that seems to work for software too.
@evilstevie @meltedcheese I carry a full set of bits also, a zero *and* a one.
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doesn't seem like orange presidents are doing much finding out despite all of their fucking around.
might as well let the computers have at it.
@saltywizard @mjd yeah that would require beging able and willing to learn, same problem really
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@evilstevie @meltedcheese I carry a full set of bits also, a zero *and* a one.
@mjd @evilstevie @meltedcheese
That's a good idea. You can never find one when you need it.
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@mjd but isn’t that what reinforcement learning is all about?
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@mjd Hardware - the part of the computer system that you can kick.
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
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@kkarhan Yes, that is what I was alluding to.
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@mjd "FIND OUT" — meaning "experience loss".
I need to re-read that old book by Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2. Seems very apt now.
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@mjd This is v good
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@mjd Isn't fucking around & finding out the exact job of a fuzzer?
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@meltedcheese @mjd when called upon for tech support I carry a Leatherman, full set o' bits and the hope that this time I'll get to actually see the problem. rarely do.
oddly that seems to work for software too.
@evilstevie @meltedcheese @mjd sometimes I can fix my wife's computer problems just by walking into the room. She says her laptop is afraid of me
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@mjd but isn’t that what reinforcement learning is all about?
@ll1t the "finding out" typically implies bearing the consequences.
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@evilstevie @meltedcheese @mjd sometimes I can fix my wife's computer problems just by walking into the room. She says her laptop is afraid of me
@Avner @evilstevie @mjd That is a useful superpower if the #AI uprising occurs.
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@Avner @evilstevie @mjd That is a useful superpower if the #AI uprising occurs.
@meltedcheese @Avner @evilstevie @mjd During an AI uprising, you could also crash surveillance drones by forcing them to process your password hash as a control input.
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@mjd the entire premise of modern ai tools is that computers can indeed find out and so they must be permitted total license to fuck around
@phooky
Nah, the premise is "we fuck you and also you find out".Or if we're trying to better fit the original formula, they must be permitted total license to fuck around because they can simulate finding out.
Or they must be permitted total license to fuck around because the Find Out Monster will attack us if we don't.
Or it doesn't matter if they fuck around because they'll magically save us from finding out.
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@mjd in all honesty: if you replace “computer” with “human”, you hit the uncomfortable truth
• most humans don’t reliably “find out”
• most humans do fuck around anyway
• society mostly just hopes the consequences aren’t catastrophichumans are somehow permitted to experiment their way through life. but if you applied the same standard, no fucking around unless you can guarantee safe outcomes, then:
90% of human behaviour would be illegal, regulated, or require a permit
